Entertainment

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - NBC's O&O group has given a vote of confidence to "The Meredith Vieira Show," the freshman daytime yakker distributed by the Peacock's syndication arm.

Sands Bethlehem Event Center's Vision Bar adds acrobats, dance floor and Chickie's and Pete's.

Butch Patrick, aka Eddie Munster, joins opening ceremony at Billy's Downtown Diner. Butch Patrick helps reopen Billy's Downtown Diner on E. Broad Street in Bethlehem on Thursday, October 30, 2014.

SumoCoupon, a website offering discounts to various retailers, compiled the most searched for Halloween costumes in each state using Google search volumes.

The dining room and bar are decorated in Spanish Moss and voodoo dolls for the Halloween party this weekend, Tuesday at Bayou Restaurant in Bethlehem.

Bistro Pomme Verte located at 190 S. Greenwood Ave. in Palmer Township.

A year ago, on the Vulture page of New York magazine, film critics David Edelstein and Bilge Ebiri picked their favorite horror films since Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining," i.e., since 1980. Their list included such underseen and welcome titles as "The Descent"; an...

A cool, steady stream of anxiety, Laura Poitras' documentary "Citizenfour" draws from the visual language and buggy paranoia of the best-known 1970s political thrillers: "The Conversation," "The Parallax View," "Three Days of the Condor," "All...

Jake Gyllenhaal lost 30 pounds for his new movie, "Nightcrawler," and the result is simple and eerie, much like the film itself. He appears to be wearing a Jake Gyllenhaal mask, all cheekbones, sallow complexion and unblinking laser-beam eyes.

Over the years, Chicago-based filmmaker Stephen Cone has occasionally done freelance work running casting sessions for the local agency Paskal Rudnicke, which is frequently hired to find actors for commercials and TV guest spots.

You have questions. I try to have answers.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - "Be afraid. Be very afraid."

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - For 18 seasons, "The View" has been one of the crown jewels of ABC Daytime programming block. But in a significant restructuring that could foreshadow the management style of incoming president Ben Sherwood, ABC's daytime executives are losing...

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - CNN is "open" to the idea of airing scripted movies under its CNN Films banner, CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker said on Monday.

Billy’s Downtown Diner in Bethlehem is holding its grand reopening today and two television stars will be on hand to help with the festivities from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today.

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A Pennsylvania Harvest Beer Dinner starting at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 3 at Hanoverville Roadhouse in Bethlehem will dish up a celebration of seasonal and regional tastes.

The book of the cult classic "Anyone Can Whistle" may be a bit muddled, but Stephen Sondheim's music soars at the hands of the talented performers in the Muhlenberg College production of the seldom-produced musical.

Charming Bistro Pomme Verte is a lovely spot for a fix of French fare. That's an important bit of Lehigh Valley culinary trivia, because French restaurants are few and far between here.

See real live "superheroes," as circus acrobats and tumblers perform seemingly superhuman stunts.

Interested in Abraham Lincoln? American history? Historical art? Books?

The Allentown Band for 13 years has been performing concerts for students in schools. This year conductor Ronald Demkee decided to open its family concert to the public for the first time.

An award-winning cellist joins an award-winning orchestra for an award-worthy program of music by Beethoven, Elgar and Sierra this weekend at Miller Symphony Hall.

An Academy Award-winning actress who now stars on an NBC-TV sitcom will perform – as a singer – at a local music venue, it was announced.

Welcome to Lehigh Valley Music's Ticket Box, listing new shows on sale.

A manager from Macungie will compete on "Sports Jeopardy!" a new weekly 30-minute series that combines "Jeopardy!"  with the world of sports.

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Ashley Sherman's Orange Cookies

Ashley Sherman was hooked when, as a child, she watched her grandmother carve a fruit basket out of a watermelon.